Neds (Non Educated Delinquents) is the story of a young man’s journey from prize-winning schoolboy to knife-carrying teenager. Struggling against the low expectations of those around him, John McGill changes from victim to avenger, scholar to NED, altar boy to glue sniffer. When he attempts to change back again, his new reality and recent past make conformity near impossible and violent self determination near inevitable.

Glasgow, 1973. On the brink of adolescence, young John McGill is about to start secondary school. He is a bright and sensitive boy, eager to learn, but the cards are stacked against him. The McGill family is working class. His hated father is a drunken bully. His teachers – punishing John for the ‘sins‘ of his older brother Benny – are down on him from the start. John is on his own.

And then there are the gangs. The NEDS – Non–Educated Delinquents. The bad boys with weapons and attitude: cheap drugs, glam rock, fumbling sex, the violence and the camaraderie of the streets. Local monsters. Local heroes. Benny‘s fearsome reputation buys John protection, and then a way in. Scared, resentful, full of rage, John makes his decision. If no one else will give him a chance: f!*& them.

John takes to the savage life of the streets with a vengeance. But as his rage and frustration spin him further and further out of control, he is left facing a blank wall. No future. With one extraordinary chance of redemption.